Falsom Prison

 

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I hear the train a-coming, it's rolling round the bend
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and I ain't seen the sunshine since I don't know when
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I'm stuck at Folsom Prison, and time keeps draggin' on
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But that train keeps a-rollin' on down to San Antone
 
 
[Verse 2]
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When I was just a baby, my Mama told me 'Son,
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always be a good boy; don't ever play with guns.'
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But I shot a man in Reno, just to watch him die
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when I hear that whistle blowin' I hang my head and cry
 
[Verse 3]
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I bet there's rich folks eatin' from a fancy dining car
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They're probably drinking coffee and smoking big cigars
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But I know I had it coming, I know I can't be free
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But those people keep a moving, and that's what tortures me
 
[Solo]
E | E7 | E | E7
A | A | E | E
B7| B7| E |
 
 
[Verse 4]
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Well, if they freed me from this prison, if that railroad train was mine
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I bet I'd move it on a little farther down the line
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Far from Folsom Prison, that's where I want to stay
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And I'd let that lonesome whistle blow my blues away